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Today July 27th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
1214 – Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier s ship reached Japan.
1663 – The British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
1689 – Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
1694 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
1720 – The second important victory of the Russian Navy – the Battle of Grengam.
1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution. (See 9 Thermidor.)
1862 – Sailing from San Francisco to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866 – The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
1914 – Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government.
1917 – The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
1928 – Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
1941 – Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
1953 – Korean War ends: The United States, People s Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends (started on May 9, 1945).
1964 – Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1972 – The F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.
1974 – Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
1976 – Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
1981 – British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.
1983 – Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1987 – First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreckage begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day was celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence was transferred to June 3.
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d état attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
1995 – In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Alice Hawthorne was killed, and a cameraman suffered a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 injured.
1997 – Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
2005 – STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank s continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
2006 – The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
2007 – Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there were no survivors. This was the first known incidence of two news helicopters colliding in mid-air, and the worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.
Births
1452 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1740 – Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1752 – Samuel Smith, American politician
1768 – Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1773 – Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
1777 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
1781 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 – Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1848 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 – Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 – José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1867 – Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 – Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 – Erno Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1879 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
1881 – Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1882 – Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 – Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1889 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
1896 – Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
1903 – Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
1905 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1906 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000)
1908 – Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1910 – Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007)
1911 – Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
1913 – Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
1913 – George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
1915 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
1915 – Josef Priller, German fighter pilot (d. 1961)
1916 – Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (d. 2007)
1916 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 – Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 – Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1921 – Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
1922 – Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 – Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
1924 – Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1927 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician
1928 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
1929 – Jack Higgins, British novelist
1930 – Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
1933 – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
1933 – Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
1935 – Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician
1937 – Don Galloway, American actor
1938 – Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 – Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator (d. 2008)
1939 – Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer
1942 – Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1942 – John Pleshette, American actor
1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
1944 – Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
1944 – Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter
1946 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
1948 – Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 – André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player
1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer
1950 – Simon Jones, English actor
1952 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
1953 – Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
1954 – G. S. Bali, Indian politician
1954 – Philippe Alliot, French racecar driver
1955 – Cat Bauer, American novelist
1955 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1956 – Carol Leifer, American actress
1957 – Bill Engvall, American comedian
1957 – Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
1958 – Christopher Dean, English figure skater
1959 – Hugh Green, American football player
1959 – Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1962 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1963 – Karrin Allyson, American Jazz musician & songstress
1963 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong film actor
1964 – Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera)
1965 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1967 – Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 – Sasha Mitchell, American actor
1967 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1967 – Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Neil Smith, Former England cricketer
1968 – Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 – Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
1968 – Julian McMahon, Australian actor
1968 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
1969 – Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 – Triple H, American professional wrestler
1969 – Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
1970 – Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
1972 – Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
1972 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space
1973 – Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones)
1973 – Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 – Erik Nijs, Belgian long jumper
1974 – Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 – Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 – Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
1975 – Fred Mascherino, American musician
1975 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
1975 – Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1976 – Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1977 – Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor
1977 – Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist
1978 – Diarmuid O Sullivan, Cork Hurler
1979 – Shannon Moore, American wrestler
1979 – Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1980 – Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
1981 – Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1981 – Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
1983 – Alsou, Russian pop-star and actress
1983 – Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
1985 – Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress
1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
1986 – Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
1986 – Ryan Griffen, Australian rules footballer
1988 – Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
1989 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
1990 – Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
1990 – Nick Hogan, American reality TV star
1990 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress
1994 – Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor
1994 – Princess Mafalda-Ceceilia of Bulgaria
2000 – Kali Rodriguez, American actress
Deaths
1101 – Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 – King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1656 – Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
1675 – Henri de la Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759 – Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770 – Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844 – John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 – William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1876 – Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
1883 – Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813)
1917 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
1924 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
1931 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1934 – Hubert Lyautey, Frency army general and marshal (b. 1854)
1941 – Alfred Henry O Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
1946 – Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1948 – Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
1958 – Claire Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893)
1962 – Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1962 – James H. Dutch Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
1965 – Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
1968 – Babe Adams, baseball player (b. 1882)
1970 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
1971 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1978 – Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
1980 – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981 – William Wyler, French-born film director (b. 1902)
1984 – James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
1985 – Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1987 – Travis Jackson, baseball player (b. 1903)
1988 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
1990 – Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
1992 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Kevin Carter, Photographer (b. 1960)
1995 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1907)
1998 – Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
1999 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
1999 – Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
2000 – Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
2001 – Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001 – Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2003 – Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2005 – Swami Shantanand, Mahasamadhi Day, Indian Saint, Philosopher (b. 1934)
2005 – Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
2006 – Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925)
2007 – Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
2008 – Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
2008 – Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
2008 – Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances
Puerto Rico – José Celso Barbosa Day.
Finland – National Sleepy Head Day
Roman Catholicism
Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba
Saint Pantaleon
Seven Sleepers, Septinu Guletaju Diena in Latvia
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